Safely remove USB hardware icon missing from taskbar

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We need to follow “Safely remove hardware” device drive routine while trying to unplug a USB device from the computer. It can really annoying, when you are looking for safely remove hardware icon on the taskbar but it is nowhere to be seen. First you need to find that missing icon or use alternative procedure to open safely remove hardware settings window.

Direct command to open Safely Remove Hardware window

1. Click on Start > Run to see run box on the screen. 2. Type or paste the command:RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll 3. Click OK to see “Safely remove hardware” settings window.

Now you can proceed with standard procedure to safely remove connected USB drive. No more missing icon, isn’t it?

I did what you recommanded equipped with windows 7 64 Bit. It did not work. Igot “the segat free agent usb device is not removable and can not be rejected or unplugged”Is it because I did not change the 32 by 64? in the following batch RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll

This does nothing to fix the missing icon. If I just want to remove the device, it is much easier to open Computer/My Computer and right click on the device and choose eject. This does, as noted above by Camila, open the Safely Remove Hardware dialogue window, but does not restore the missing icon from the notifications area.